The two clubs face off on Sunday evening in Serie A and Insigne was almost playing for the Giallorossi two years ago.

“It was when ZdenekZeman was at Roma, as he had already trained him with success at Foggia and Pescara,” revealed representative Antonio Ottaiano on Calciomercato.com.

“There was indeed interest, which also came out publicly. Roma wanted Insigne and there was a real concrete interest.

“Lorenzo is growing a great deal thanks to Napoli and Rafa Benitez. He is appreciated by many important clubs, that is true. Are Roma still among them? I don’t know, but Garcia appreciates players like Insigne a lot, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he was keeping an eye on him.”